{"product_id":"9781429960250","title":"SEAL Target Geronimo: The Inside Story of the Mission to Kill Osama bin Laden","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling, \"engrossing account of the military operation that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   On May 2, 2011, at 1:03 a.m. a satellite uplink crackled from Abbottabad, Pakistan, into the situation room of the White House in Washington, D.C.: \"Geronimo, Echo, KIA.\" These words, spoken by a Navy SEAL, ended Osama bin Laden's three-decade-long career of terror.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSEAL Target Geronimo \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of Bin Laden's relentless hunters and how they took down the terrorist mastermind, told by Chuck Pfarrer, a former commander of SEAL Team Six and author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eWarrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy SEAL\u003c\/i\u003e. After talking to members of the SEAL team involved in the raid, Pfarrer shares never-before-revealed of the historic raid and the men who planned and conducted it in an exclusive boots-on-the-ground account of what happened during each minute off the mission-both inside the building and outside.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   Pfarrer takes readers inside the operations as the SEALs flew over the wall of Bin Laden's shabby, litter-strewn compound and then penetrated deeper and deeper into the terrorist lair, telling us just what it looked, sounded, and smelled like in that sweltering Pakistani suburb. He takes us out to the courtyard to witness the near-disaster of the malfunctioning helicopter and brings us to the exact spot where the Al Qaeda leader was cowing when the bullet entered his head.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSEAL Target Geronimo\u003c\/i\u003e is an explosive story of unparalleled valor, clockwork military precision, and deadly accuracy carried out by the most elite fighting force in the world-the US Navy's SEAL Team Six. Denounced by the Pentagon when it was first published, \u003ci\u003eSEAL Target Geronimo \u003c\/i\u003eis back in a new edition with added information about the raid, a new afterword, and never-before-seen photos.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSEAL Target Geronimo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \"The book is more than just a high-adventure black-ops thriller. It is a work of historical importance that sets the record straight.\" -Neil W. McCabe, \u003ci\u003eHuman Events\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \"Pfarrer certainly had access. . . . He clearly had detailed conversations with senior officers in the SEALs' chain of command . . . and understands the vocabulary and culture very well. . . . \u003ci\u003eSEAL Target Geronimo\u003c\/i\u003e explodes a number of media myths about the riad to kill Bin Laden.\" -Richard Minter, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46433013137649,"sku":"9781429960250","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781429960250_p0.jpg?v=1766596576","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429960250","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}